Senior JKPCC leader Dr Mohammad Syed, others join NC
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Dr Syed along with scores of his supporters joined National Conference on Friday in presence of party president and Member Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah at his residence in Srinagar.
According to a statement issued to GNS, Dr Abdullah while welcoming the new entrant into the party fold said, “I am sure that the party will benefit from the experience of Syed Sahib in active politics and social work. His upbeat political astuteness and organization skills will help the party. I hope he will strive to make party stronger on the grass roots.”
Later, Dr Syed was accorded a warm welcome at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha Srinagar by party’s additional general secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani, district president Srinagar Peer Afaq.
While addressing the workers, party functionaries and the supporters of Dr Syed, party’s additional general secretary stressed on the necessity of forging a strong front under the flag of National Conference.
“At present we have a political dispensation at centre which is spiteful to the Muslim character of our state. The forces as are at the helm of affairs at the centre are trying their level best in one way or the other to alter the demography of the state. However they won’t be able to succeed in their nefarious designs if the people of the state congregate under the flag of National Conference,” Dr Farooq said.
He said it is the flag of National Conference which our “enemy” is afraid of as they well understand that the flag of National Conference represents the aspirations of the people of J&K.
“Our unity frightens them, so it is imperative for all of us to shun our prejudices and personal likes for a bigger objective of protecting the identity and territorial integrity of the state,” NC president said, adding, “Dr Syed Sahib chose not to be part of those mushrooming one man parties by coming into the fold of National Conference. This shows his antipathy for the forces as are inimical to our status and their Trojan horses. I welcome him into the party fold. May Allah Guide our steps towards protecting the interests of our state.”
Party’s provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani while addressing the gathering said the party had historically served the interests of the state in the most trying times. “The situation is no different today. We see one man parties coming up in every alley and street of Kashmir. Mushrooming of political outfits in Kashmir is suggestive of nasty design behind dividing our voice. Why that is the trend is only wide spread in Kashmir division only. We don’t see parties coming up in every alleys and corners in Jammu and Ladakh Divisions of the state,” he said.
He said the political activists who are mindful of the threats to state’s future are devotedly joining the ever-increasing rows of NC. “The people of the state have recognized the agenda of the BJP-RSS and their Trojan horses in the state. Our doors are open for all those who want the posterity to remember them for good reasons. Our programme is explicitly clear; it is to protect the identity of the state. However our chief goal is to work for the restoration of Autonomy to the state,” Wani said.
On the occasion, Dr Syed vowed to make party stronger on the grassroots level and strengthen the efforts of party leadership. (GNS)
